Digital Media, Culture and Communication: Creative Project - SOC00069H

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Module summary

This independent study module will provide the opportunity for you to develop a specialism in your chosen field within digital media, culture and communication.

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2026-27

Module aims

You will produce a portfolio that enables you to develop a specialism with the field of digital media, culture and communication. This dissertation by portfolio module allows you to explore your chosen topic in a sustained, structured and detailed format, and to develop different insights and knowledge. You will choose a focal topic for your work, then write an issue statement to set up the issue, produce a literature review to show your knowledge of the existing work in the field, complete a case study, produce a media component to exemplify your ideas, develop an analysis of the issues with a reflective discussion and then finalise your findings with statement of conclusion. This portfolio project will enable you to develop a specialism in your chosen area of interest whilst also further developing your communication skills by articulating your ideas and findings in the core components of the portfolio. Our aim is to provide you with the support, guidance and resources to explore your interests in depth and to engage in a sustained combination of critical analysis with creative output based upon your accumulated skills, creativity, knowledge and communication capabilities.

Module learning outcomes

Apply knowledge of the field of digital media, culture and communication in order to identify a key topic and devise a portfolio that explores and evaluates debates, issues and challenges relevant to that topic.

Articulate advanced communication skills through combined written and media formats on a self selected topic.

Demonstrate an ability to produce media content that effectively and critically communicates complex ideas in creative and engaging formats

Employ problem solving and organisational skills to manage a focused individual project that demonstrates a sustained analysis of your self-selected topic and the wider context of which it is a part.

Critically evaluate and apply concepts, theories, methods or approaches to analyse your findings, recognise their limitations and draw conclusions.

Demonstrate effective time and resource management in devising and producing a portfolio on a specific and focused topic

Indicative assessment

None

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

None

Module feedback

Students will receive formative written feedback on an excerpt from a selected component of their creative project.

Indicative reading

Ash, J. et al. (2024) Researching Digital Life. London: Sage.

Lury, C. & Wakeford, N. (2012) Inventive Methods. Cambridge: Routledge.

Lievrouw, L. & Loader, B. (2021) Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Communication. Cambridge: Routledge.